Cigar-tip cutter.



PATENTED MAY 8, 1906. L. B. GARRIGUS. CIGAR TIP CUTTER.

APPLICATION IIILED 00T.10, 1905.

ATTOR Y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CIGAR-TIP CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 8, l 906.

Application filed October 1O 1905. Serial No. 282,144.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Louis E. GARRIGUS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Tip Cutters and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains' to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has reference to improvements in cigar-tip cutters; and the invention has for its principal objects to provide a neat, durable, and simply-constructed device of the character hereinafter more fully set forth, in which the parts have been reduced to a minimum and which may be greatly enhanced by being embellished with ornamentations, so as to be worn as a watch-charm or the like.

With the various objects of my present invention in view the said invention consists in the novel cigar-tip cutter hereinafter set forth; and, furthermore, this invention consists in the various arrangements and combinations of parts, as well as in the details of the construction of the same, all of which will be more fully described in the following specification and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claim, which are appended to and which form an essential part of this specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a face view of the cigar-tip cutter with the cutting mechanism of the same inclosed within a hollow or chambered shell or box of the device; and Fig. 2 is a similar view of the device, showing the cutting mechanism in its operated position prior to being closed down upon the tip or end of the cigar, which is to be inserted in the centrallyperforated portion of the said hollow or chambered shell of the device. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the device looking in the direction of the arrow as in said Fig. 1. Figs. 4 and 5 are two longitudinal vertical sections of the device, the cutting mechanism being respectively represented in its closed and its operated positions in said figures; and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the cutting means detached from the hollow or chambered shell or box.

Similar characters of reference are em ployed in the above-described views to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the said drawings, the reference character 1 indicates the complete cigar-tip cutter, the same comprising a chambered or hollow shell, casing, or box, consisting of a pair of dish-shaped disks or plates 2 and 3, which have their marginal edge portions arranged upon each other and are then secured together by being brazed or in any other suitable manner. Each disk or plate is made with a centrally-disposed hole or perforation 1, and in one part of the secured edges of the said connected disks said edges are cut away to provide a marginal opening 5 in the assembled disks or plates 2 and 3, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings. Each disk or plate 2 and 3 is provided upon its inner face, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, with a raised portion 6, having a flat face, said portions 6 being located opposite each other when the two disks or plates 2 and 3 have been secured in their assembled relation. The said raised portions 6 of said disks or plates 2 and 3 are also provided with oppositely-located perforations in which is arranged a pintle or pin 7. Pivotally arranged upon said pin 7, between the two flat faces of the said raised portions 6, is an enlarged portion 8 of the cutting mechanism of the device. Extending from said enlarged portion 8 is a segmental or curved arm 9, which under normal conditions fits into and conforms with the marginal opening 5 between the two disks or plates 2 and 3 and serves as a closure for said opening, as will be clearlyunderstood from an inspection of Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. At its end 10 the said segmental or curved arm 9 has an inwardly and radially extending finger 11, which is provided with a flattened member 12, the said member 12 being arranged directly between the two oppositely-located openings or perforations 4 of the respective disks or plates 2 and 3 when the said cutting mechanism is in its closed position. The said member 12 is provided with a cutting or knife edge 13, which may be sharpened sufficiently on both sides to produce a clean cut of the cigar when forced against the inserted end of the cigar and while the knife member 12 is being passed through the space between the said oppositely-placed holes or openings 4. The said knife-edge 13 is preferably of a concaved shape; but this is not essential. That the said cutting mechanism may be positively held in its closed position or in its opened re lation and may be moved in either position with a quick movement or snap the enlarged portion 8 is rovided with a pair of straight and angular y-arranged marginal edge portions 14 and 15, against either of which, as will be seen from an inspection of said Figs. 4 and 5, may be made to bear the free end of a spring 16, suitably secured at its other end between the said disks or plates 2 and 3. The said enlarged portion 8 also has a part\17, extending from said opening 5 beyond the marginal edge of the device 1, which is provided with a suitable finger-piece, preferably in the form of a ring or eye 18 for attachment of the device to a watch-chain or the like and which serves also to bring the cutting mechanism by applying pressure against said ring 18 into its opened position (shown in Figs. 2 and 5) and acts as a stop to limit the outward movement of the said cutting mechanism by being brought against the edge 19, which forms a stop at the upper end of the opening 5, as will be clearly evident.

' When the cutting mechanism has been brought into its opened relation to the holes or perforations 4 of the respective disks or plates 2 and 3, the end tip of the cigar can be inserted from either side of the device, and as soon as an inwardly-directed pressure is brought to bear upon the curved or segmental arm 9, causing the point 20 between the two straight edges 14 and 15 of the enlargement 8 to ride along the spring 16 to a certain point, the pressure of said spring suddenly causes the parts to close with a snap, while the knife-edge cuts away the end or tip of the cigar, and the end of the spring by its final engagement With the edge 14 then positively retaining the said cutting mechanism in its closed position within the chambered shell or box of the device.

Thus it will be seen that I have devised a simple, neat, and durable ,device, which can be readily manipulated and is both ornamental and useful.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A cigar-tip cutter comprising a chambered shell or box, consisting of a pair of oppositely-arranged and centrally-perforated dish-shaped disks formed with an opening in a portion of the marginal edge of said shell or box, a pin extending disk a; disk, and a cutting mechanism pivotally arranged on said pin, consisting of an enlarged portion provided with a pair of straight and angularly-arranged marginal edges, a curved or segmental arm extending from said enlarged portion, said arm conforming to the configuration of the opening in the marginal edge of the shell or box, and serving as a closure for said opening, a cutter connected with said segmental or curved arm, a spring secured between said disks, said spring having its free end portion in engagement with either of said straight marginal edge portions of the enlargement of said segmental or curved arm, and a finger-piece upon the enlargement of said segmental or curved arm, extending from the marginal opening of said shell or box, serving to open said cutting mechanism and to limit the outward movement of the same, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A cigar-tip cutter comprising a chambered shell or box, consisting of a pair of oppositely-arranged and centrally-perforated dish-shaped disks formed with an opening in a portion of the marginal edge of said shell or box, a pin extending from disk to disk, and a cutting mechanism pivotally arranged on said pin, consisting of an enlarged portion provided with a pair of straight and angularly-arranged marginal edges, a curved or segmental arm extending from said enlarged portion, said arm conforming to the configuration of the opening in the marginal edge of the shell or box, and serving as a closure for said opening, an inwardly and radially extending finger on said segmental or curved arm, a member on said finger provided with a knife-edge, a spring secured between said disks, said spring having its free end portion in engagement with either of said straight marginal edge portions of the enlargement of 1c 0 said segmental or curved arm, and a fingerpiece upon the enlargement of said segmental or curved arm, extending from the marginal opening of said shell or box, serving to open said cutting mechanism and to limit the out- IO 5 ward movement of the same, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of October, 1905.

LOUIS E. GARRIGUS.

Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, GEo. D. RICHARDS. 

